CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police have not filed charges at this point in a shootout in a downtown neighborhood on Monday night. One person was killed and another seriously injured. Police were informed that two gunshot victims had arrived at…
EAST RIDGE, Tenn (WDEF) - The Walker County Sheriff's Office and the East Ridge Police Department has identified the man who is suspected of stealing a car over the weekend. Police say warrants…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn (WDEF) - It's the giving season and judges are asking local attorneys to give the gift of their time this holiday season, by choosing a pro bono case from the courthouse tree.…
EAST RIDGE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Sheriff's officers were called to a fight today at East Ridge High School. School Resource officers ended up arresting two juveniles in the case. Hamilton County officials are investigating the incident.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Firefighter officials say the fire last night at the Waterford was just the latest in a spree of local apartment fires. 17 people were displaced in last night's fire. But fire officials say almost 60 people…
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - Fire officials are sharing more on their teenage member who was killed in a crash Tuesday in McMinn County. 18 year old Matthew Perian was driving on Highway 411 between Etowah and Delano around 6:30 AM.…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police announce they have found their suspect for a gas station parking lot fatal shooting in the fall. They are charging Kendel Robinson with the homicide of Jailen Wofford on the morning of September 25. The…
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee (WDEF) - Hamilton County Commissioner Chip Baker announces he will seek re-election in 2022. He has been representing the Signal Mountain community on the Commission since 2018. Baker resigned as head of the Riverbend Festival shortly after…
Pfizer says a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appears to offer important protection against the new omicron variant.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A person trying to cross Amnicola Highway was hit and killed Tuesday evening. The 38 year old male was hit by a vehicle just before 7PM. Police say the driver stopped to talk to Police. Police ask…
NASHVILLE, TN - (AP) - A group of volunteers in Tennessee has more than doubled the goal of trash removal across the state. The state Department of Transportation says No Trash November was created to keep Tennessee roads safe in…
Seventeen residents are displaced after a fire Tuesday night at an apartment complex on Shallowford Road.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were still far apart after two hours of talks on the escalating crisis caused by Russia’s massing of tens of thousands of troops near its…
A major outage in Amazon's cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, the latest sign of just how concentrated the business of keeping the internet running has become.…
The Hamilton County School Board has a solution surrounding questionable books in schools and getting more input on what kids have access to.
Chattanooga, TN (WDEF): Fairy Godmothers Chattanooga is giving back this Christmas. The brand new group is partnering with the community to give widowed and single parents Christmas presents. Fairy Godmothers started in Dallas -…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee has appointed Judge Robert Philyaw to serve as chair of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. He is a Juvenile Court Judge in Hamilton County. Judge Philyaw has been on the Commission…
CHATTANOOGA. TN (WDEF) - Parents of students in Leah Broersma's special needs pre-k program at Rivermont a grateful to have such a good teacher. They describe her as passionate and attentive. Jill Evans is…
SPRING CITY, Tenn (WDEF) - Spring City Police Officer, Sgt. Jeffery Batten recently underwent amputation surgery. Sgt Batten tells News 12 how…
ETOWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Etowah community is mourning the loss of young volunteer firefighter in a crash. 18 year old Matthew Perian was killed in a wreck earlier on Tuesday on Highway 411 in McMinn County. Perian was an…
Tennessee Valley (WDEF): Weather in the classroom was busy Tuesday. Meteorologist Bekah Birdsall visited Skyukah Hall. The middle school students have been learning about weather. They had lots of…
CROSSVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - We shared the release from Crossville Police on why officers felt they needed to use a taser on a 14 year old student at Cumberland County High. Now the boy's mother is filing a lawsuit over…
NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee announces he is authorizing the use of more Tennessee National Guard on the southern border. Around 50 Guard personnel will be sent in early 2022 to support the Texas National Guard. The Governor's Office…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Meanwhile, Chattanooga police have arrested 39 year old Lafredrick Sails in connection with a drug overdose that occurred last March 11. It happened at a home in the 2800 block of East 26th Street. Sails is charged…